[Bug 1287964] Re: MAAS incorrectly detects / sets-up BMC information on Dell PowerEdge servers

[Jason Hobbs]

I read freeipmi's code to see what the workaround does - it's very
innocuous.  It boils down to IPMI sessions being opened with the
privilege level required for the command being used, rather than the
maximum privilege level available for the user/ciphers available. For
ipmipower, freeipmi uses the OPERATOR privilege level, which matches the
IPMI spec's privilege level for the chassis control commands, which are
used to to do on/off operations.

So, this workaround shouldn't have any impact on a system that don't
require it, unless the system breaks IPMI compliance by requiring a
privilege level higher than OPERATOR for power commands.

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  MAAS incorrectly detects / sets-up BMC information on Dell PowerEdge
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